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Question, where would you poop if you were homeless?

Over a trash can, bury it in a hole in a park, carry a small bag with me to throw away, in a bucket, at a library or other public building, in a park toilet, at a Target..

Literally anywhere other than the public thoroughfare or someone’s stoop.

Except that the local "progressive" NIMBYs have prevented "a restroom being built in that new waterfront park". Then complained enough to bar you from going to that Target. Etc...

It's considerably harder in US to get to a publicly accessible toilet, than in many countries that I've lived in.

Because they have a tendency to fall asleep drunk with a needle in their arm on the toilet, blocking access for reasonable people.

Personally, I never decided that we should put up with this. I don't recall a vote.

When hiking in the woods, we dig a small hole and cover up. I don’t recommend doing that in a city park, but certainly better than pooping where kids walk to school.

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